topic Re: Ibm DDS4 support in Operating System - HP-UX

Ibm DDS4 support

bruneau — Thu, 17 Jan 2002 09:57:25 GMT

I try to connect an IBM 7206 model 4mm dds4 tape drive on an HP L1000 HP-UX
It is no recognised.
any idea ?
thanks

Re: Ibm DDS4 support

Stefan Farrelly — Thu, 17 Jan 2002 10:08:36 GMT

Hi,

Even if you can get it recognised the only command that will work with it is tar (hopefully). HP like to install their own firmware on tape drives to ensure it will work with their hardware and software. Foreign drives like yours are unsupported and I doubt you will be able to get it to work.

Re: Ibm DDS4 support

Frank Slootweg — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 09:37:20 GMT

First check the SCSI connection, including cable and termination.

Also check the *type* of SCSI, especially Differential versus Single-Ended. Many HP interfaces are Differential. Many 'PC' peripherals are Single-Ended.

Re: Ibm DDS4 support

Barry_2 — Mon, 21 Jan 2002 10:23:21 GMT

In addition to the Lvd/Scsi reply
On witch interface card do you plan to connect your drive ? and how much legnth your cable is.
I suggest you to consult the Hp docs (and web site) to compare values. I personnaly connected various Dlt drives on L or N series computers, so it could work, but check compatibility of both card/drive.
As far as I remember, the main Ultra3 connecter support Lvd only.